Method of accounting prepaid online internet service credit values
AssigneeSlingshot Communications, Inc.
InventorsJan Trabandt, Daniel J. Gregory
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Abstract
A method of accounting for online Internet usage credit includes establishing an account identifier in a database for a selected user. A number of credit value block records are associated in the database with the account identifier. Each credit value block has a stored credit value amount, and at least a second stored property indicator. In response to a measured amount of consumption of services by the user, at least one of the credit value blocks is debited by a debit amount based on the measured amount and the second stored property indicator. The stored property indicator may be a rate multiplier, or other factor indicating a different cost mode of online service, connection or usage.
Claims10
A method of accounting for online Internet usage credit comprising:
- establishing an account identifier in a database for a selected user;
- associating a first credit value block record in a database with the account identifier in response to a first purchase transaction by a user;
- in response to a second purchase transaction by a user, associating a second credit value block record in a database with the account identifier;
- generating an aggregate value total for the first and second value block;
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- wherein at least one of the credit value blocks is associated with a stored property indicator selected from a group comprising rate multipliers, bandwidth factors, toll-free usage indicators, expiration dates, priorities, rounding factors and purchase dates.
A method of accounting for online Internet usage credit comprising:
- establishing an account identifier in a database for a selected user;
- associating a plurality of credit value block records in the database with the account identifier;
- each credit value block having a stored credit value amount, and having at least a second stored property indicator selected from a group comprising rate multipliers, bandwidth factors, toll-free usage indicators, expiration dates, priorities, rounding factors and purchase dates;
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- in response to a measured amount of consumption of services by the user, debiting at least one of the credit value blocks by a debit amount based on the measured amount second stored property indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.